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Illinois SBDC - International Trade Center Hosts Delegation at WIU-QC

May 26, 2017

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MOLINE, IL - The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC)'s International Trade Center (ITC) at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities recently hosted a delegation of federal and regional business experts for a roundtable discussion of best practices.

Representatives from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) from Washington, D.C.; the Illinois Office of Trade and Investment (OTI) (Chicago); Illinois Department of Commerce (Rockford); and a group of regional small-business exporters visited the SBDC ITC on the WIU- Quad Cities campus in Moline on May 24.

The event also included the presentation of a proclamation from Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner of May as World Trade Month, highlighting the OTI's mission of "helping expand the reach of small- and medium-sized businesses to expand their markets and their reach abroad."

"The ITC at Western was one of five centers chosen for such a visit," said Michelle Lewis, international trade specialist at the Illinois SBDC ITC. "It was an honor to have them here for a ‘listening tour,' and to discuss the opportunities for small- and medium-sized businesses to expand their global capacities."

For more information on the services provided through the Small Business Development Centers and the International Trade Center at Western, visit wiusbdc.org, or contact Lewis at (309) 762-3999, ext. 62228, or ma-lewis@wiu.edu.

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